Programme
18 February 2026
Date: 18 Feb – An online event to share knowledge and perspectives on daylight, public health, design and youth participation in research.
Location: ONLINE and University of South-Eastern Norway, Campus Kongsberg, Buskerud
ALL TIMES ARE CET (Oslo).
08.50 Online meeting opens for networking. Register to join the Zoom meeting.
09.00 Welcome: Professor Rigmor Baraas & Tassy E. Thompson
09.15 Icebreaker activity (digital)
09:30 - 10.15 Lightning Strikes!
10-15 min Presentations from researchers and practitioners working for the rights of children and youth to wellbeing and play.
ALL TIMES ARE CET (Oslo).
Topic – Daylight, Play and Participation
9.30 – 9.45 – Tassy E. Thompson, PhD. NTNU Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning. Topic: Outdoor play and daylight – A humanities research perspective.
9.45 - 10.00 – Kirti Zala. aProCH - A protagonist in every child. India. Topic: The Nature Deficit: Reclaiming Childhood Through Outdoor Play.
10.00 – 10.15 – Professor Kay Tisdall. Professor Childhood Policy, Children & Youth Studies Group . MSHES University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Topic: Learning from Children and Young People: Co-design and co-production.
10.15 Break (15 mins)
Grab 10 mins outside!
10.30 - 11.15 Lightning Strikes!
ALL TIMES ARE CET (Oslo).
10-15min Daylight science presentations from around the world.
Topic: The Human Body - Daylight, Digital and Data
10.30 Professor Rigmor Baraas. USN Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Norway. Topic: Daylight for healthy eyes and a healthy childhood.
Professor Raymond P. Najjar. National University of Singapore Singapore. Topic: Digital behaviour-tuning to increase time outdoors and prevent myopia.
11.00 Professor Manuel Spitschan. Technical University Munich and Chair of The Daylight Academy Germany. Topic: A data-driven view on light exposure.
11.15 Screen Break
Move, play or grab 10 mins outside!
11.30 - 12.20 Lightning Strikes!
ALL TIMES ARE CET (Oslo).
10-15 min Presentations from practitioners and researchers from urban planning and public health.
Topic: Public Health, Policy and Planning
11.30 Professor Linda Ernstsen. NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norway. Topic: The relevance of outdoor activity, health, and aging.
11.45 Frøydis Lislevatn. Rådgiver folkehelse. Buskerud Fylkeskommune, Norway (presentation in Norwegian) Topic: Fylkeskommunens rolle og ansvar i regionalt og lokalt folkehelsearbeid.
12.00 Professor Anna Ewa Kaczorowska. NTNU Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Norway. Topic: Urban planning for wellbeing.
12.15 Some brief insights from the 2025 Right to Daylight pilot workshop with Kongsberg International School . Presented by Science Department staff from Kongsberg International School w/Tassy
12.20 Open for questions (moderated via the Zoom meeting chat function).
12.30 Thank you and next steps.
